Dormach - Hound of Annwn
Epic cinematic Celtic Power Metal with hardcore heavy metal and Celtic hard rock. Use the provided lyrics exactly without changes. Vocals: powerful, melodic, roaring Welsh male rock/metal voice with soaring clarity. Instrumentation: epic melodic guitar riffs, double-kick drumming, Welsh harp, crwth, bodhrán, uilleann pipes, fiddle, layered choirs, and strong Celtic synths that feel like hounds tracking prey. Include spoken intro and outro in Welsh and English. Theme references Dormach, red-nosed hound of Gwyn ap Nudd, the Wild Hunt, Annwn, Maelgwn Gwynedd, Mabinogion, and the Black Book of Carmarthen. Ensure symphonic grandeur, folk metal mysticism, and powerful energy. Runtime under 8 minutes.
Dormach - Hound of Annwn
Epic cinematic Celtic Power Metal with hardcore heavy metal and Celtic hard rock. Use the provided lyrics exactly without changes. Vocals: powerful, melodic, roaring Welsh male rock/metal voice with soaring clarity. Instrumentation: epic melodic guitar riffs, double-kick drumming, Welsh harp, crwth, bodhrán, uilleann pipes, fiddle, layered choirs, and strong Celtic synths that feel like hounds tracking prey. Include spoken intro and outro in Welsh and English. Theme references Dormach, red-nosed hound of Gwyn ap Nudd, the Wild Hunt, Annwn, Maelgwn Gwynedd, Mabinogion, and the Black Book of Carmarthen. Ensure symphonic grandeur, folk metal mysticism, and powerful energy. Runtime under 8 minutes.
Lyrics
Intro (Spoken Word – Welsh & English, cinematic synths + bodhrán + harp + distant guitar swells)
(Welsh)
Dormach.ci Gwyn ap Nudd
ci’r helfa wyllt
ci’r cysgodion
tywyswr eneidiau i Annwn.
(English)
Dormach hound of Gwyn ap Nudd
hound of the Wild Hunt
hound of shadows
guide of souls to Annwn.
(Rising synths + war-drums + distorted Celtic harp lead into full metal explosion)
(Verse 1 Heavy Riff + Celtic Pipes & Fiddle backing)
Through the mists of the otherworld’s veil
Dormach runs, with his red nosed trail
Serpents twisting from tails of flame
Whispered in the Black Book’s name.
Born to the king, Maelgwn of Gwynedd
A beast of Annwn, where mortals dread
In Gwyn ap Nudd’s hunt through storm and fire
The souls of warriors pulled from the pyre.
Chorus (Soaring Welsh Metal Vocals + Layered Choir)
Dormach! Dormach! Hound of the Dead
Wild Hunt rides where the brave once bled
Through the storm, through shadow and flame
Annwn calls and you answer its name.
(Verse 2 Galloping double-kick + Uilleann pipes lead)
From the pages of Carmarthen’s song,
The bardic voices still carry him on,
Hound of thunder, in spectral breath,
Dormach guards the gate of death.
Gwyn ap Nudd, Lord of the mist,
Harvester of souls in twilight’s abyss,
Riders of Annwn, the hunt shall begin
The living quake at the baying within.
Pre-Chorus (Tension build, heavy toms + synths evoke hounds tracking)
Footsteps fall the hounds draw near
Dormach’s cry the end is here
Blood-red nose through the smoke and rain
The hunt is eternal the hunt remains.
Chorus (Even bigger, full orchestration + Welsh harp harmonies)
Dormach! Dormach! Hound of the Dead
Wild Hunt rides where the brave once bled
Through the storm, through shadow and flame
Annwn calls and you answer its name.
Bridge (Cinematic Breakdown – slow, crushing, with Welsh chants & pipes)
(Half-spoken growl with choir echo)
Annwn the otherworld’s door
Dormach waits on the shadowed shore
Guide the warrior, guide the slain
Never to walk the earth again.
(Blast-beat eruption into furious lead riff)
(Verse 3 Fastest, most aggressive – Celtic fiddle duel with shredding guitar)
Through Cader Idris, the hunt does ride,
Spectral flames in the mountainside,
The hound runs swift on the wind of screams,
Shattering time, tearing at dreams!
Annuvian spirit, red nose bright,
Dormach howls through eternal night,
In the hall of Gwyn, the shadows fall,
The hound of fate comes to claim us all!
Final Chorus (Longest + Key Change + Choir in Welsh harmonies)
Dormach! Dormach! Hound of the Dead,
Wild Hunt rides where the brave once bled
Through the storm, through shadow and flame
Annwn calls and you answer its name.
Outro (Spoken, echoing over fading harp + synths + distant howl)
(Welsh)
Yn Annwn mae’r hwrdd yn gorffen
Mae’r cŵn yn arwain yr enaid
Byddwch barod, canys daw’r helfa eto.
(English)
In Annwn the hunt is ended
The hounds shall lead the soul
Be ready, for the Wild Hunt comes again.
(Final howl + fade to silence)
(Created By (𖤐𝕃𝕆ℕ𝔼𝕎𝕆𝕃𝔽𖤐) (2025)